Daily Bread – February 8, 2022 (The Third Day – Genesis 1:9-13) 1 Corinthians 15:10 – But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace unto me has not been in vain; rather, I worked harder than all of them, though it was not I but the grace of God that was with me. Part 1 ~ Grace Grace is the active power of God at work in us. One may begin to catch a glimpse of this truth as Paul points to grace as the source responsible for all that he was and was able to accomplish (1 Corinthians 15:10; Galatians 2:9; Ephesians 3:7). God’s grace is an operative power, not a passive one. It was operative to change Paul into a new creation in Christ Jesus; it was operative to work through him producing all of the signs, wonders, and demonstrations of the Spirit to preach the Gospel. It would continue to be operative to eventually raise him from the dead at the time of the first resurrection when the dead in Christ shall arise first (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17). Paul told Titus about the active work of grace in such a way that almost personifies grace – making it identical in its work to that of the Holy Spirit. He said it was the grace of God which had appeared to every man teaching them to live soberly, righteously, and godly (Titus 2:11-12). Grace is the divine ability to live in the ways of God and walk in the Spirit. Blessings, Pastor Mark Spitsbergen
Daily Bread 2/8/2022
